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Show 86 ZOOLOGY OF THE VOYAGE OF THE BEA<il-LE. SYLVICOLA AUREOLA. Gould. PLATE XXVIII. S. suprajlavescenti olivacea; fronte cerviceque nitidejlavis, singulis plumis ad apicem rufescenti castaneis; occipite griseo; alis cauduque nigrescentibus, late .ftavo-mat"{Jinatis ; genis guttureque nitide .fiavis ; pectore concolori sed singulis plum is in medio pallide castaneo notatis ; abdomine albescenti. Long. tot. 5 unc. ; rostri, -h ; al((J, 2-h ; caud((J, 2-fi ; tarsi, +i· The nape of the neck, back and tail-coverts yellowish olive ; the wings and tail blackish, broadly margined with yellow; the front and crown yellow, with the tips of the feathers reddish castaneous; the hind head grey mixed with yellow, the cheeks and the throat bright yellow; the breast of the same colour, but each feather is marked down the middle with pale reddish castancous, the sides and middle of the abdomen whitish. Habitat, Galapagos Archipelago. (September). This bird is not uncommon on these islands. It has the habits of our Sylvire. It frequents the thickets in the lower, dry and rocky parts of the island, and especially a peculiar bush, with thick foliage, which gt·ows only near the seacoast. CYAN OTIS OMNICOLOR. Swaius. Regulus omnicolor, Vieill. Gal. pl. 166. Sylvia ruhrigastra, Vieill. Regulus Byronensis, Gray, Griff. An. King. pl. Tachuris omnicolor, ])'Orb. 4· Lajr. Tachuris roi, Azam, No. 161. My specimens were obtained at Maldonado in June, and therefore probably it is not a bird of passage. It frequentf:d reeds on the borders of a lake, but was exceedingly rare. I likewise saw one in Northern Patagonia, and in a collection of birds .. at Santiago, in Chile, made there by an inhabitant of the place. The soles of the feet of this exquisitely beautiful little bil'd are bright orange. |
